jilpil3

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1. Bioterrorism Continued Education Websites?

   jilpil3 replied to NurseBettyTexas's topic in General Nursing

   Hello, I am from the North Texas area, about 50 miles straight north of Dallas. Have you ever been to Lake Texoma? I am about 15 miles from the Oklahoma/Texas border. I am working in Dialysis in the Dallas area.

2. Bioterrorism Continued Education Websites?

   jilpil3 replied to NurseBettyTexas's topic in General Nursing

   I went to the CDC page and couln't find the free CEU on Bioterrorism. I too am a Texas nurse looking for any free CEU's that meet the requirment for Texas nurses....did you find any??? Thanks, jilpil3

3. Normal saline rinses: yes or no

   jilpil3 replied to AraratRN's topic in Urology

   Thanks for replying to my question. I work in Acute Dialysis. We use dry packs all the time. I worked for Davita and now work for Freesinus I was taught by Freesinus to give heparin up front via the access, well this doesn't seem to do the trick ...

4. Normal saline rinses: yes or no

   jilpil3 replied to AraratRN's topic in Urology

   What do you mean "heparenis" your dialyzer??? I was working with machines that had a heparin pump and we would give 2-3ml bolus of heparin at the beginning before pt was put on then they got 1-2ml an hour during the tx. Now I am working at a differ...

5. TPAPN Problems--need advice.

   jilpil3 replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

   I am facing an issue with the board, I was in TPAPN and they kicked me out because I had a positive drug screen for Darvocet....I had a prescription but that didn't matter any how I have been turned in to the board and just recieved my letter I have ...

6. TPAPN Problems--need advice.

   jilpil3 replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

   Does anyone know how to find a attorney to represent you with issues to Board of Nursing?

7. 2/4/09: Nursing Activism Primer-- Legislation, Lobbying/ Contacting Elected Officials

   jilpil3 replied to sanakruz's topic in Activism

   It seems to me that the ANA has some severe problems within their system. I haven't seen any improvement in working conditions, staffing, positive public relations...so just who are these people anyway??? Are they like most of the Nurse Managers who...

8. Introductions

   jilpil3 replied to Brian's topic in Texas

   HOWDY TEXAS NURSES, I work in Plano, TX. I work on a Renal/Neuro Step-Down Unit. We have just started the bar-code-medication delivery system. Is anyone else using this yet? Love to hear what you think about this new system.

9. Hospital Acuities.........or NOT!!!

   jilpil3 replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

   Does anyone have a simple one page acuity sheet? I doubt it will change our staffing but we only have a 4-5 page booklet for rating patients, which is not realistic. Any help would be great. jilpil3

10. Acls

    jilpil3 replied to Jonty's topic in Neuro

    I am trying to find out what the national standard of nurse to patient ratio in a Renal/Neuro Step-Down Unit is? The hospital I am working at has 2 step-down units, one is mostly cardiac/tele and my floor is Renal/Neuro including hemadiaylsis. Any i...

11. Who decides which patient you'll be assign to?

    jilpil3 replied to RoadRunner's topic in Activism

    The night shift charge makes assignments for days, and then they in turn make assignments for nights. We have a staffing grid that we have to go by for how many nurses and other staff. We just finished JCHO with great scores....but we are suppose to ...

12. Team Nursing?

    jilpil3 replied to plumrn's topic in Safety

    I work on a ICU/STEP-DOWN Unit, we are going to start using some kind of bar code system for giving meds. The concept is some kind of team nursing with one nurse giving all the meds. Has anyone else heard of this new system? Jil McDaniel, RN